Congress shouldn’t mandate FM chips on cellphones, said a House...

intellectual property and “provide economic incentives that will encourage American artists, creators, and innovators to take the necessary risks to create and innovate.” Issa said “Congress’s imposition of needless technology mandates on the wireless market would hurt consumers by creating tremendous harm to the innovation and creativity that continues to spring forward from this industry.” Eshoo said consumers “deserve to enjoy the technology that’s most appropriate to them” and government shouldn’t “mandate specific technology that limits the way consumers listen to local news, information, and music.” The NAB “supports the inclusion of radio chips in mobile devices, and we would prefer that this be done on a voluntary basis by the carriers,” an association spokesman said. “For public safety reasons alone in an era of terrorism, AMBER Alerts and weather emergencies, there is a strong argument for including broadcast radio reception capability in all mobile devices."